Varanasi: A 17-year-old boy’s desperate bid to save his elder sister from an incoming train ended in tragedy after both lost their lives in Rajpur village under the Mirzamurad police station area on Wednesday evening. The 19-year-old woman died on the spot after being hit by the train while crossing the railway track with cattle,…
Guwahati: A team from Bajali district’s Sarupeta police station on Sunday arrested four individuals from Bajali for their alleged involvement in a cyber fraud racket.According to police, the accused have been identified as Aditya Tiwari and Rahul Kumar, both residents of Bihar, along with Jitumoni Rai of Hakartup village in Bajali and Ranjan Das of…
Dibrugarh: Dibrugarh police on Friday night seized 1.35 kg of heroin and Rs 14,06,600 in cash from a pickup vehicle and the residential premises of an accused couple in Tingkhong, in what officials described as one of the district’s biggest recent hauls.Acting on specific secret information, a police team under Tingkhong Police Station launched a…
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court Friday slammed Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) for claiming that wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s Olympic 2024 disqualification was a “national shame”. HC said it would “ensure” she is able to participate in the May 30 trials for the selection of the team for the upcoming Asian Games in Japan and indicated…
Guwahati: Veteran tea planter and former Tea Board of India vice-chairman Bidyananda Barkakoty was conferred the ASSOCHAM Legacy & Heritage Excellence Award 2026 on Wednesday in recognition of his contribution to preserving and advancing one of Assam’s oldest tea-planting legacies.The award was presented by West Bengal finance minister Swapan Dasgupta at the first edition of…
Varanasi: Azamgarh police on Sunday busted an organised network of fake GST billing and tax evasion, causing revenue loss of Rs. 4.08 crore to state exchequer by creating fake GST bills through bogus firms. Police arrested three accused for illegally obtaining ITC benefits by registering bogus firms through forged documents, fake rent agreements and misuse…
The scooter that met with an accident in Pugal, Bikaner, on April 22, exposing the international drug racket NJaipur: Bikaner police arrested two men from Jaipur Wednesday in connection with a reported Rs 70-crore international heroin racket that surfaced after a road accident in Bikaner on April 22.Police said accused Rahul Rawat and Prashant Kayal…
Nagpur consumer panel holds NHAI liable for pothole damage A consumer commission in Maharashtra’s Nagpur has held that collecting toll fees without ensuring well-maintained roads amounts to a “deficiency in service”. It directed the National Highways Authority of India to compensate a motorist whose vehicle was damaged after hitting potholes, as cited by PTI.In an…
Lucknow: A two-day international seminar on the significance of Dharmachakrapravartana Divas began at Mulagandha Kuti Vihara in Sarnath on Wednesday, bringing together Buddhist monks, scholars and researchers from India and abroad.The seminar is being jointly organised by the International Buddhist Research Institute, Lucknow, under the UP culture department and the Mahabodhi Society of India, Sarnath.The…
Playback singer Sonu Nigam has sold five adjoining land parcels in Karjat for a combined consideration of Rs 95 lakh, according to property registration documents accessed by CRE Matrix. The latest sale comes nearly a month after the singer sold multiple land parcels in the same region for Rs 1.95 crore.The transactions pertain to five…
